Foremost was developed by [[Jesse Kornblum]] and [[Kris Kendall]] when they served in the [[AFOSI|United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations]]. Originally designed to imitate the [[DCFL]]'s '''[[carvthis]]''' program, it gained popularity among [[Air Force]] [[investigator]]s and was eventually distributed to the general public.

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Foremost was developed by [[Jesse Kornblum]] and [[Kris Kendall]] when they served in the [[Air Force Office of Special Investigations]]. Originally designed to imitate the [[Defense Computer Forensics Lab|Defense Computer Forensics Lab's]] '''[[carvthis]]''' program, it gained popularity among Air Force investigators and was eventually distributed to the general public.

First published in 2000, a major update was released in 2005 when [[Nick Mikus]] joined the project.

First published in 2000, a major update was released in 2005 when [[Nick Mikus]] joined the project.

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== Spinoffs ==

== Spinoffs ==

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Foremost served as the basis for [[Golden Richard]]'s [[Scalpel]], a significantly faster program to also recover [[deleted files]]. It has also inspired [[tcpxtract]], a program for extracting file from network traffic.

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Foremost served as the basis for [[Golden G. Richard III|Golden G. Richard III's]] [[Scalpel]], a significantly faster program to also recover [[deleted files]]. It has also inspired [[tcpxtract]], a program for extracting file from network traffic.

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Foremost's authors have recommended that practitioners use [[Scalpel]] instead of Foremost.